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Brumfield v. City of Baker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
Oct 31, 2011
CIVIL ACTION NO. 11-507-BAJ-CN (M.D. La. Oct. 31, 2011)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 11-507-BAJ-CN

10-31-2011

LATRECIA BRUMFIELD v. CITY OF BAKER, THE CITY OF BAKER POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF BAKER PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE


RULING

The Court has carefully considered the motions, the record, the law applicable to this action, and the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Christine Noland dated September 29, 2011 (doc. 8), to which no objection has been filed, hereby approves the report and recommendation of the magistrate judge and adopts it as the Court's opinion herein.

Accordingly, the motion for remand (doc. 4) filed by plaintiff, Latrecia Brumfield, is granted in part, in that this matter shall be remanded to the 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, for further proceedings, and denied in part, in that the plaintiff is not entitled to an award of attorney's fees incurred in connection with her motion to remand.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 31, 2011.

BRIAN A. JACKSON, CHIEF JUDGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA


Summaries of

Brumfield v. City of Baker

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
Oct 31, 2011
CIVIL ACTION NO. 11-507-BAJ-CN (M.D. La. Oct. 31, 2011)
Case details for

Brumfield v. City of Baker

Case Details

Full title:LATRECIA BRUMFIELD v. CITY OF BAKER, THE CITY OF BAKER POLICE DEPARTMENT…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

Date published: Oct 31, 2011

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 11-507-BAJ-CN (M.D. La. Oct. 31, 2011)

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